The Complete Buffet Manual or How to Mix Fancy Drinks. Chicago: Henneberry Company, (1901).
First Edition. Illustrated. Original red cloth, 145 pages plus 16 pages of ads, 6 1/2 by 5 inches. Title continues: 'Containing Clear and Practical Directions for Mixing All Kinds of Drinks and Beverages, Served In First Class Hotels, Buffets, Etc., To Which is Added Complete Directions and Recipes For Making All Kinds of Domestic Wines, Liquors, Brandies, beers, Cordials, Extracts, Syprups, Etc.' An extremely scarce cocktail recipe guide, WorldCat locates one copy at University of California, Davis. Cocktail bloggers seem to have overlooked (or perhaps simply have been unable to locate a copy for analysis) this title which features such drinks as Toledo Punch, Stone Fence, Rocky Mountain Cooler, McKinley Club Punch, Cohassett Punch, Empire City Punch, Khedive, Hoosac Tunnel Cocktail, Angler's Punch, Auditorium Cooler, Bismarck, Blue Blazer, Bryan Club Gozzle, Catawba Wine Cobbler, etc. Very Good, some yellowing to pages, few light stains, some discoloration to cloth, nicks at top spine end, one page with inch and half long closed tear at fore-edge.
Price: $3,000.00